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verb

kə-ˈmyüt How to pronounce commute (audio)
Definition of commutenext
as in to exchange
to give up (something) and take something else in return commuting foreign currency to domestic

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noun

as in flight

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Recent Examples of commute
Verb
Her attorneys have asked for her sentence to be commuted to life in prison without parole. — Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 7 Oct. 2026 Briyanna Joseph said many late-night riders can’t afford to commute without public transit. — Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026
Noun
Someone who values uninterrupted time at home may resent the commute. — Christos Makridis, The Conversation, 7 Oct. 2026 Amir Shahzad, an Islamabad resident, said the subsidy was enough to cover his commute between home and work. — ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for commute
Recent Examples of Synonyms for commute
  1. exchange
  2. flight
  3. trade
  4. commutation
  5. swap
  6. jaunt
  7. change
  8. tour
Verb
  • Also Friday, Russia and Ukraine exchanged hundreds of prisoners of war for the first time since August.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Some even exchanged information across environments designed to keep them isolated.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of exchange
Noun
  • Congress answered with the Air Commerce Act of 1926, which put the Commerce Department in charge of commercial flight.
    — Neil Chatterjee, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
  • In the aerodynamic phenomenon known as ground effect, proximity to that surface squeezes air beneath a craft’s wings to reduce drag and boost lift, with far less propulsive power required than for high-altitude flight.
    — IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of flight
Verb
  • About 4,400 SpaceX employees stood to become millionaires once the stock began trading, the New York Times reported, and Fortune profiled workers from top executives to welders whose equity is now worth seven figures or more.
    — Heather Occhino, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
  • The company held a record-setting initial public offering in June, and Musk is not able to sell or trade the bulk of his stock until June 2027 because of lockup provisions.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of trade
Noun
  • The state Board of Parole Hearings and the California Supreme Court recommended a commutation for Ellis.
    — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026
  • But even so, Denno said a commutation from the governor is a long shot.
    — Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of commutation
Verb
  • That’s forced likely right tackle Kahlil Benson to swap sides and thrust Jaylon Moore into action.
    — Scott Chasen, Kansas City Star, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Scammers had been fooling Apple by returning iPhone boxes with the original accessories, internal components, or even the phone itself swapped out.
    — Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of swap
Noun
  • He’s seized on the attorney general’s abundant out-of-state travel — for official business, Ford says — to portray him as a high-flier beholden to the special interests that financed his jaunts.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Stalter released her debut album Crave in September Ahead of Halloween this year, Meg Stalter went on an unexpected jaunt to outer space.
    — Ilana Kaplan, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of jaunt
Verb
  • Her physical absence changes nothing about the circumstances of our friendship.
    — Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026
  • In recent weeks, AI companies have been working to change that.
    — Marty Swant, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of change
Noun
  • Iowa’s roughly 900,000 cyclists, many of whom have participated in an annual cycling tour that’s made the state synonymous with biking, weren’t amused.
    — Washington Post, Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2026
  • There are two more events left in the European tour season, in Abu Dhabi and then Dubai.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of tour

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“Commute.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commute. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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